Hi, im interested in possibly making a bb/airsoft sniper and wondering what you people use for barrels, moreover do you get barrels that fit perfectly th round you shoot or just loosely guide the round? Any help is appreciated.

i made one once and used an alluminum arrow shaft from easton. it worked great. it fit airsoft bbs very well. you can get an arrow at, well gee, an archery shop. it works well and its very nicely in an 1/4'' nipple.

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"physics, gravity, and law enforcement are the only things that prevent me from operating at my full potential" - not sure, but i like the quote

you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"

On the cloud i made from a pill bottle i used a carbon hunting arrow shaft that was broken in half it sealed so well that i could plug one end and the bb almost didnt come out, anyway carbon is way tough

I recently made a barrel out of this stufff I found at Home Depot, just randomly stuck an Airsoft and it fit nicely. It's labeled Merflex PEX OT 1/4", it's gray and for a 3 foot segment for a whole $1.09 pretty cheap.

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"There isn't a problem in the world that can't be solved by the proper application of explosives"

If you are looking for something quick and ghetto, those pencils that have individual graphite "darts" in them (ok, they just *look* like darts) fit steel bbs very well.

I dont know if they make them anymore, as the design sucked badly.
Normally when the graphite wore off a dart you would just pull it out and stick it in the back, pushing a new one to the front. If you lost one though, the pencil was useless. well, at least useless for writing:)